Carbon Black

Description

This is a discontinued product. Sales limited to stock and packaging on hand.

This is a 1/2 gallon container with approximately 950 grams of pigment powder.

CARBON BLACK

Creamy black, very slight bluish undertone, good for making India black ink as well as pigments. Prehistoric pigment made in Italy from burnt twigs, vines, bones and other materials, trace black oxide. Use to darken transparent and semi-transparent colors. Add this color to yellow for a dark foliage green.

AKA: bone black, vine black, ivory black, India black, [Fr] noir de carbone, [It] cornu cervium

Color swatch and Chinese lantern painted by Elizabeth Comer